[NatureNS] Re: Shelled/Unshelled

Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 12:33:54 -0300
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OK, but English is a language of usage too.

On 30/05/13 10:49 AM, Don MacNeill wrote:
> These words have different meanings to some.  I take "shelled" as having
> had the shells removed (peas, oysters, etc) and "unshelled" as still
> having the shells on.  I see from the dictionary that "shelled" can have
> my meaning but it can also mean "having or enclosed in a shell" which is
> quite the opposite.
>
> Perhaps we should avoid using these words.
>
> Don
>
> Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net
> On 30/05/2013 9:45 AM, Peter Payzant wrote:
>> We use the same product from the same source. The birds, especially
>> the woodpeckers, love them.
>>
>> Our feeder is a perforated metal cylinder and while the starlings do
>> get on it from time to time, it seems to be an effort for them to hold
>> on and they don't spend nearly as much time there as the woodpeckers do.
>>
>> It's a riot seeing a Hairy Woodpecker taking his/her time eating the
>> peanuts, while a Downy flies back and forth impatiently waiting for
>> the Hairy to leave. And this extends downward to nuthatches, waiting
>> for the Downy to finish.
>>
>> Peter Payzant
>>
>>
>>  On 2013-05-30 9:27 AM, Don MacNeill wrote:
>>> Sorry.  That should have read "shelled"
>>>
>>> Don
>>>
>>> Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net
>>> On 30/05/2013 9:13 AM, Don MacNeill wrote:
>>>> I use unshelled, whole, unsalted peanuts that I get from the Bulk
>>>> Barn (the cheapest kind there).  My peanut feeder is always busy
>>>> with woodpeckers, chickadees and starlings.
>>>>
>>>> Don
>>
>
>

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